I/ATLAS, earlier known as A11pI3Z, is only the third interstellar visitor to be discovered passing through our corner of the ...

For only the third time in history, astronomers have detected a new interstellar visitor — an object from another star — blitzing into our solar system.

All eyes are on Comet 3I/ATLAS as astronomers worldwide chase the exotic ice ball through our solar system ...

Save guides, add subjects and pick up where you left off with your BBC account. The Solar System is the name given to the part of space that surrounds the Sun. Even though it is bigger than ...

Earth is a geological oddball in our solar system. ... Thanks to plate tectonics and water, our planet can easily make rocks like the blue granite that makes up Pedra Azul in Venda Nova, Brazil.

The first to form, possibly within the first 3 million years of the Solar System, is Jupiter. That’s how it became so big and strong, much bigger than any other planet. Jupiter is so big it has ...

Though Pluto has formally been considered a dwarf planet for almost two decades, it still has many lessons left for planetary scientists — including hints about how the solar system formed.

Our infant solar system therefore probably survived a supernova blastwave, according to the researchers, led by National Astronomical Observatory of Japan astrophysicist Doris Arzoumanian. The ...

The solar system’s three other planets will be in the vicinity, but virtually impossible to see with the naked eye. Comet 12P/Pons-Brooks is swinging past Earth, as it does every 71 years.